University students’ strategies and criteria during self-assessment: instructor’s feedback, rubrics, and year level effects

European Journal of Psychology of Education

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2023, Pages 1031-1051

  Panadero, Ernesto ^a,b   Pérez, Daniel García ^c   Ruiz, Javier Fernández ^d   Fraile, Juan ^e   Sánchez Iglesias, Iván ^c   Brown, Gavin T L ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEUSTO   (Spain)

^b BASQUE FOUNDATION FOR SCIENCE   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSIDAD FRANCISCO DE VITORIA   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Feedback effects; Higher education; Rubric; Self assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 85140451841     PISSN: 02562928     EISSN: 18785174     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10212-022-00639-4     Document Type: Article

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